Third Person POV

Asami tried everything she could in unlocking the cage she and Bolin were trapped in, but there was no lock or anything for her to tamper with. Even her glove was useless in her attempts. She reached out for a kitchen knife that somehow managed to find its way near their cage and tried to break it. The knife had no effect and the impact sent unpleasant vibrations through her arm, making her teeth chatter.

Bolin tried again and again to bend the earth, but every time he did the cage sucked on more of his energy, preventing him from doing anything. The man eventually gave in, angrily punching the bars. Asami placed a sympathetic hand on his back and the two held one another close. They couldn't do anything but sit and watch as their pony friends were chained up and forced to march through the city.

Unicorns were forced to wear metal plates that covered up their horns, all made of the same material as the cages, and their hooves were also covered as were the pegasus's wings and their mussels, no doubt to keep them from either flying or using their bending.

Firebender ponies couldn't shoot fire from their mouths and water, earth and airbenders couldn't use their hooves to manipulate their respective elements. All of their electronic equipment was crushed to bits so nobody could call for help. Even actual human firebenders were chained and gagged and metalbenders couldn't penetrate through their cuffs since any power they did it would be automatically absorbed.

Dragons, griffons, minotaurs and even good old Steven Magnet were encaged or enslaved. Asami and Bolin caught a glimpse of Tenzin and his children and grandchildren being forced to march along with the ponies. Bumi and Kya were not too far behind, accompanied by Lin, who looked more angry than depressed, though the look she gave the Satos told otherwise.

Bolin and Asami have seen many things in their lives. Both horrible and beautiful. But this, seeing their loved ones forced into slavery and or imprisonment, having all of their resources deemed completely useless, was by far the most traumatizing thing they had ever witnessed.

Their world had so much light, but even so, darkness still somehow found a way to resurface and to try and snuff out the rays of hope.

A storm creature cut the string of a few balloons which rose up into the air, passing by Tempest Shadow who stood at the palace balcony. The dark colored unicorn sneered in disgust as she made her way back inside, hearing the echoing sound of her metal horse-shoes taping the cobblestone floor.

"All this power… wasted on parties. When there are far greater uses."

Tempest stopped right in front of the statue of Avatar Korra, her face entirely frozen in a state of panic, her hands raised upwards in a desperate attempt to shield herself. Her long hair was frozen in place, as if it were levitating off of the floor. From the right angle, it looked like a tail.

Twilight Sparkle was placed right beside her. Tempest smiled smugly at the sight of a terrified Queen Twilight. "Not so powerful now, are you?"

The other alicorns were placed in groups. Leilani with her two daughters and Cadance with Flurry Heart. In the heart of the throne room, right in front of Celestia and Luna's thrones was a large four petal flower symbol with a circle in the middle. Four petals stuck out, where the alicorns were placed. Cadance and Flurry Heart faced opposite to where Leilani, Celestia and Luna stood and an empty spot, opposite to Korra and Twilight.

And, just for good measure, she had the stone statues of the Mane Six, and Mako and Flash Sentry around the room, just so she could relish in seeing them all at her mercy.

There was a small cauldron in the middle of the room and one Storm Creature came in holding an orb that was ringing. “Well? Answer it!.” Tempest ordered. The Storm Creature poured the liquid into the cauldron and out came and image of the Storm King.

“Where am I supposed to be looking? I never understand how this spell works. Tempest!” The Storm King called.

“Over here, Your Excellency..” Tempest called.

“Where?”

“Over here.”

“Huh?”

“No. No, right. Look right.”

“My right?”

“Yep.”

“Oh. There you are. Here's the deal. I'm in the middle of a big rebrand here. "The Storm King" is tracking well as "intensely intimidating", but you know what? I need to back it up. You know what I need to back it up with? A storm! That would be great! You promised me magic that could control the elements, and right now, I'm holding a what? A branch. A twig. Bleh!”

“Uh, that would be the Staff of Sacanas, Your Excellency, and it will channel the magic of the four rulers of this land. You'll soon have the power of a hundred armies.”

“So that would be a yes on your locking down the four Pegacornicuseses, or whatever you call them?”

“Give me three days. I'll have everything ready for your arrival.”

The Storm King's’ voice then turned ominous, “Remember, Tempest. Only I have the power to make you whole. Make this twig work, and you'll get your reward. Fail me, and your horn won't be the only thing that's broken.”

“It won't be a problem.” And the Storm King suddenly turned upbeat, “Great! I'm ready to power up, crash and bash, and be the biggest, baddest bugaloooooo…” and the spell finished.

“Thorry, bad thpell thervice. You want me to call him back?” Gruber asked.

“Now that we have all the most powerful ponies here. The Storm King will be pleased.”

"Well Tempest there's one thing. There was as small hybrid human who got pushed over the bridge." Grubber stated. Tempest thought back and she did she Crystal near Iris and the others. "Where is she now?"

“Well, uh, funny thtory. It kinda theemth like she... she might've like, you know, got away... a little bit. I know you're dithappointed, but I got one word for you: "thpongecake".” Tempest zapped Grubber with her electricity. “I need all of them for the staff to work.” Tempest growled.

“Hey, I know! I want the Thtorm King to fix that crazy horn as badly as you do. It lookth like a crackly chipped tooth on the top of your head. And you know you don't look good in hatth.” She sharply turned towards him. “That hybrid is not gonna keep me from getting my horn back! Prepare my ship!” Grubber freaked but he went to prepare her ship. Tempest returned to her calm demeanor.

“Please. How far could one little human get on her own?” Tempest asked.

POV Ends

Now we were in the Badlands Desert. There were no clouds in the sky and just sand everywhere. The heat and humidity didn’t affect me much due to my abilities and it didn’t seem to affect my dragons much either or Fire Blossom who was bouncing across the desert sand. But Pikachu on the other hand…

“Are we there yet?” he groaned. I rubbed his head. He was currently on my shoulder. “Not yet little buddy.” I said. The wind from our flying was helping him a bit. The Sentinel appeared next to me, “I sense something troubling you Crystal.” he said to me.

I sighed and explained, “Well… it’s just that everyone I know has their own destiny for themselves. All my friends are the Guardians of Harmony, Twilight and the others keep the peace and everyone else I know has a purpose. But I.. don’t have a purpose.”

“Everyone has a purpose in their life. You just haven’t found yours yet. One day you will find your purpose in your life.”The Sentinel stated.

“I hope you’re right.” That’s when Fire Blossom appeared next to us, flapping her wings. “Look what I found.” she cooed.

She showed us a weird looking device and some strange looking cards as well. “Woah…”

I took the six cards and looked at the back of them.

“Weird.. Six of them seem to have the six elements of nature but these two don’t look like they have that.” I noticed. Fire then handed me the weird device.

“Woah..” I placed the first device on my wrist and the other on my pants. “Wonder what these could be.” I wondered.

“Can we stop for a second?” Pikachu asked. “I need something to drink.”

“Alright buddy, let’s go.” I said and we landed in Klugetown. We saw lots of anthropomortphic creatures walking around the area as we walked in. But soon, “Hey lady how much for the fuzzy mouse?” a creature asked.

“I’m sorry but Pikachu’s not for sale.” I stated.

“How much for the white lizard?” another creature asked. Winter gasped in shock. “She’s not for sale either.”

Just then, “Hey, leave the girl alone.” a voice said. Everyone turned and saw three kids and three adults.

One boy has pale skin, spiky brown hair, and big round purple eyes. He wears a red short-sleeve T-shirt with a yellow collar and a black fanny pack around his tummy decorated with a dinosaur tooth. He also wears orange jeans, red sneakers and red gloves with no fingers. Most distinctive of all, he wears a visor with a clear 'shade' and Triceratops horns.

The other boy has pale skin, blonde hair which notably sports three ahoge hair strands from behind his head (two in the anime) and blue eyes. He wears a multi-blue, long-sleeved jacket over a white T-shirt with brown pants. He also wears blue sneakers and owns a dinosaur tooth necklace

The girl wears a bare-midriff, short sleeved, black shirt with an unbuttoned, yellow-and-red vest over it. She also wears shorts that match the color of her vest, with thigh-length, black socks and green-and-yellow sneakers. She wears a green choker and a dinosaur-tooth necklace, as well as green wristbands. She wears her hair in pigtails, and her sunglasses double up as a camera.

The first one was a female who had green hair with two strands sticking out and one curly strand and hazel eyes. She wears a dark red, jumpsuit-like outfit, where it connects to her Alpha Gang choker. A diamond-shaped cut out in her jumpsuit reveals her navel. She wears a burgundy-colored cloak with pointed edges. On her arms, she has a light pink glove that reveals her fingers and runs up to the upper arm. She wears red high heels.

The other two were men.

The first men wears a dark brown tuxedo with a red shirt underneath, black pants, and black shoes, and also has black hair and brown eyes underneath round, black glasses. And he was the tallest of the four.

The second man was chubby wearing a purple shirt with suspenders and brown shorts. He had short, spiky purple hair.

“And why should we listen to you, spirit?” one creature asked. The boy took out a card that had the picture of a Triceratops on it, “Dino Slash, Triceratops, Roar!”

The Triceratops was yellow with two large horns and a small nose horn. “Woah…” I gasped. The creatures screamed in terror and ran away. The boy returned the Triceratops to a card. “Thanks.” I said.

“No problem.” the boy said. "Hey, you have a dino bracer and gadget too?"

"So that's what this is called." Crystal stated.

"Yeah, do you have any dinosaur cards too?" the yellow haired boy asked.

"Yeah." Crystal pulled out the cards and the gang gasped. "A Styracosaurus, Amargasaurus, Fukuisaurus, Stegosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Deinonychus, Acrocanthasaurus and all Allosaurus!" the pink haired girl exclaimed. "Wow, that's amazing."

"Where'd you find them?" the brown haired boy asked.

"In the desert." Crystal answered. "By the way, I’m Crystal Diamond, and these are my friends; Shimmer, Winter, Mist, Spark, Skyspike, the Sentinel, Thunder, Fire Blossom and Pikachu. The first one are dragons while Fire is a kirin, Thunder is an anthropomorphic cat and Pikachu is a pokemon.”

“Woah, I never met or seen dragons before.” Max said, very interested.

“Yeah they’re so cool.” Rex added.

“Oh, by the way, I’m Max and this is Rex and Zoe.” Max introduced.

“I’m Ursula and this is Zander and Ed.” Ursula introduced.

“What are you doing out here?” Rex asked. I sighed a little and explained everything that happened and they were all shocked and horrified. “Oh man, that sounds bad.” Max said.

“I know that’s why I need to find the Hippogriffs.” I said. “They’re my only hope to save Equestria.”

“We’ll we’re coming with you.” Zoe stated.

“Yeah, we’re not letting you do this alone.” Max added. I smiled at all of them. “Alright we’ll help the little brat.” Ursula agreed.

Suddenly, a Storm Creature came out of nowhere and grabbed me! "GAH!"

"Crystal!" Max cried. The Storm Creature backed off as Tempest came onto the scene with her horn sparking "Silly little human. Trusting humans, big mistake."

"Huge." Gubber added.

"Tempest?!" Crystal exclaimed. "What do you want?"

"I'm here to bring you back as my prisoner for the Storm King." Tempest said, with her horn sparking. Crystal gulped nervously.

"Let her go!" Rex exclaimed steeping up. Tempest looked at the kids and laughed. "Why would I do that? I came for what I wanted and there's nothing you can do about it."

"Oh yeah... Dino-Slash, Triceratops, Roar!"

Max summoned Chomp and he roared at Tempest, Grubber and the Storm Creature. Tempest gasped in shock and the Storm Creature freaked and let me go and ran over to my new friends. "Get her now!" Tempest exclaimed. The Storm Creature charged for me but Chomp hit them with his horns, sending them flying. "Let's move!" Rex exclaimed. Everyone ran away with Chomp following them. I saw an airship in the distance. "We have to get to that airship. Dragons!" I called. The dragons came soaring in and we all mounted them. Ursula and Ed mounted Shimmer. Zander mounted Skyspike. Max, Zoe and Rex mounted Winter. “Come on everyone.” the Sentinel stated and we all flew towards the airship. Max returned Chomp to his card and we made it to the airship and landed behind some crates and the airship began to fly away from Klugetown. "Phew... that was too close." I said.

"Yeah and now I know why you need help." Zoe said. The Alpha Gang groaned. "She's worse than Dr. Z with temper." Ursula groaned.

"At least we're safe." Ed stated.

"Shhh." Rex hissed and we all ducked down and stayed quiet.

"Did you hear something?" A masculine voice said, followed by another which sounded like a parrot squawking. "Eh, probably just the rats. If we find em… we'll eat em."

"Rats." Ursula whispered.

"Just stay quiet and we'll be fine." I informed. Everyone nodded and I hoped I was right.

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